Will Miller's offer to Davis and Puthoff
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| Date | 25 April 2002 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Crashes & retrievals (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Military encounters (topic) |
| People | Will Miller, Eric W. Davis, Harold Puthoff, Peter Gersten, Thomas Wilson |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 147 |
| Year | 2002 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2002 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 4 |
Among the papers attributed to physicist Eric Davis that surfaced in 2019, alongside the disputed Wilson–Davis notes, is a two-page letter from retired Navy commander Will Miller offering to help Davis and Hal Puthoff research UFO crash retrievals.[1]
The letter
As quoted by researcher Joe Murgia, the letter offered help with Davis and Puthoff's research into crash retrievals and the bodies inside or outside government involved in them. On the second page Miller offered to provide a list of civilian contractors that, because of their classified work, capabilities, clearances, specialised staff and geographic areas, were most likely involved in government work on "alien-derived technologies, crashes, landings and associated events".[1]
The context
The papers include the notes of a conversation in which, according to the text, former Defense Intelligence Agency official Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson told Davis that in 1997 he had been refused access to a reverse-engineering program at an aerospace contractor. Miller had earlier arranged UFO briefings for Wilson and for DIA director Patrick Hughes in 1997–98.[1][2]
Miller's response
In a June 2020 interview with Murgia, Miller said he had emailed Davis with "very mundane correspondence" but had no recollection of the letter attributed to him, and declined to say whether it was fake or to discuss its contents. He said he had been interested in most of the topics the letter mentioned.[2]
Assessment
Whether Davis or Puthoff took up the offer is unknown, and the authenticity of the papers remains disputed.[1][2]
People and topics
- U.S. Navy — The U.S. naval service, whose pilots reported the UAP encounters revealed in 2017.
- Crash retrieval — The alleged recovery of crashed non-human craft by governments.
- Will Miller — Retired Navy commander who discussed UFO secrecy with researchers.
- Eric W. Davis — Physicist who worked on AAWSAP and has said the U.S. holds recovered craft.
- Harold Puthoff — Physicist who co-founded the SRI remote-viewing research and later worked on AAWSAP and To The Stars Academy.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Peter Gersten — Lawyer who directed Citizens Against UFO Secrecy and sued federal agencies for UFO records.
- NIDS — Robert Bigelow's research institute (1995–2004) that studied UFOs and other anomalies.
- Wilson–Davis notes — Wilson–Davis notes
- Defense Intelligence Agency — The Pentagon's military intelligence agency, which ran AAWSAP.
- Thomas Wilson — Former DIA director named in the Wilson–Davis notes.
On the Timeline
- Flickinger autopsy material claim (5 March 2002) — Kit Green says an Air Force physician told him he saw alien autopsy material.
- Thomas Bearden's list of energy researchers (May 2002) — Thomas Bearden lists researchers he says work on related energy technology.
See every 2002 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Joe Murgia, "Did the Pentagon prevent Senator Harry Reid from seeing debris from a UFO at Lockheed?", UFO Joe (May 2021) · ufojoe.net · archived copy
- Joe Murgia, "Will Miller complete interview", UFO Joe (June 2020) · ufojoe.net · archived copy
- Insiders and their knowledge (on Cdr. Will Miller) — UFOs Scientific Research · ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com · archived copy
- documentcloud.org · documentcloud.org · archived copy
Further reading
- Area 51 — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Harold E. Puthoff — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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